Word: resorters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...summed up by Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, who, in a seven-page dissenting opinion, made his key point through the words of an earlier (1870-92) Supreme Court Justice, Joseph P. Bradley: "It ought to be understood . . . that this court, being a court of last resort, gives great consideration to cases of importance . . . there should be a finality somewhere...
This month Fireman's Fund took on a new kind of risk: rain insurance for vacationers. Policies covering 88 resort areas in 32 states and the District of Columbia were approved for sale last week in New York, Connecticut and Florida. The company soon expects to be selling silver linings to vacationers from coast to coast...
...first company to offer it in the U.S. Policies reimburse the vacationer for rainy days (above the average precipitation) according to the amount of money ($100, $200 or $300 a week) he plans to spend and number of weeks (two to four) he plans to stay at a resort during its normal vacation season, e.g., Nov. 1-April 30 in Palm Springs, June 1-Sept. 30 in Atlantic City. For example, in a resort where there was above-average precipitation (over .05 in.) for five days, a 14-day vacationer would collect 10% of his expenses. If it rained...
Salaries, however, have not been the only lure. Brandeis has not yet had to resort to the technique of many smaller schools: hiring many young teachers and then firing them before they reach the higher paying academic levels. As a result, good younger men have been able to develop at the Waltham campus...
...Ukraine, Khrushchev had called Stalin to ask for more guns, but Stalin had refused to answer the phone, put Malenkov on the line instead to say that all available guns were being sent to Leningrad. Later, after the Red army counterattacked Kharkov, Khrushchev had called Stalin at his summer resort to ask for a change of plan. Again Stalin had got Malenkov to say no, with the result that Kharkov was lost and the overextended Red army driven back across the Don. The old dictator had also treated him contemptuously, Khrushchev complained, called him Khokhol, a derogatory Russian name...